Dan Hawkins ’01: Serving Special Victims

Dan Hawkins ’01, director of the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, works on cases that grab headlines and grip hearts.
Hawkins long had dreamed of becoming a police officer when he studied criminal justice at Bowling Green State University. Working in a courtroom didn’t enter his mind, though, until he took a criminal procedure course. The instructor, a Lucas County assistant prosecutor, saw potential in Hawkins and asked if he had ever considered law school.
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Amanda Masters ’96 Fights for Fair Housing in NYC

As the perennial new kid, Amanda Masters ’96 grew up watching the way people treated strangers. As her family moved with her father’s career in the Air Force, she spent time thinking about the inequities she saw from one community to the next.
“I lived in a variety of places, some of them more diverse than others,” she said. “So I think I always recognized how important it is to have integrated and diverse environments where people are treated fairly.”
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D.C. or Bust! Moritz Students Head to Nation’s Capital

Filtering through the halls of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the
Federal Communications Commission, and more than a dozen other government agencies and nonprofit organizations this summer were rising 2Ls from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Professor Peter Swire, director of the Moritz Washington, D.C., Summer Program, works on behalf of about 20 students each year to place them in externships compatible with their interests.
“Finding that good match is important for both the student and the employer. The employer gets someone who is knowledgeable and motivated, and the student gets experience directly relatable to future employment goals,” Swire said. “I work hard to ensure that every externship is substantive. This is not secretarial work; the externship has to involve real work on legal and policy matters.”
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What I Did This Summer

Don’t believe what you hear about summers off for those in teaching.
Moritz faculty have traveled across borders, emptied cartridges of printer ink, and even gone birding in the time between semesters. We asked Professors Chow, Carlarne, Tokaji, Deason, Stulberg, Chamallas, and Hoffer to recap “What I Did on My Summer Vacation.”
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Multimedia: Calling on Alumni

We are calling on alumni to contribute their own snapshots from law school days for our online gallery of historical photographs. Have shots of hanging around Drinko Hall and campus? Fun at a past Barrister’s Ball? In the heat of moot court competition or poring over the final edits on an upcoming law journal? We want to add them all to our Moritz family album. Send your pictures to Monica DeMeglio by e-mail at demeglio.1@osu.edu.

Week in Pictures

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Moritz 'On the Record'

Ever pick up the Sunday paper and read a quote by one of your former professors? Check out where Moritz professors were mentioned in the last month. For the most recent appearances, visit the Faculty in the News page.

Class Reunions

Football Tailgates

William Goldman '66, attorney with Goldman & Braunstein LLP, received the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 2010 Board Leadership Award. Goldman founded the Zoo's Wine for Wildlife event in 2009, which has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars for the Zoo's conservation programs.

The Ohio State University will unveil the Elizabeth J. Watters '90 sandwich at Sloopy's Diner in the Ohio Union on September 9, 2011. The Second Annual Sandwich Club Awards celebrate the people who strive to make a difference on Ohio State's campus as well as honor those that embody the spirit of the Ohio Union and truly know what it is to be a Buckeye! The Sloopy’s Diner at the Ohio Union Sandwich Club Award is reserved to six outstanding individuals who are dedicated to the Ohio Union and The Ohio State University.